Famous Paintings of Groups and Gatherings to Print, page 2

The Nativity, Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1406–10, tempera and gold on wood

Lorenzo Monaco The Nativity, ca. 1406–10 The Met

A light-skinned, blond Virgin Mary in blue holds a child, his arms reaching around her neck and face upturned toward hers. At left, an angel looks on.

Sandro Botticelli Virgin and Child with an Angel, 1475–85 Art Institute of Chicago

A diagonal line of leaping ballet dancers recedes from a starkly lit dancer partially visible at bottom left. All are broadly painted against a blue-green ground above them, pale pink below.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Ballet Dancers, 1885–86 Art Institute of Chicago

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen, El Greco, c. 1590–95, oil on canvas

El Greco The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen, c. 1590–95 Cleveland Museum of Art

Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy, François Boucher, 1740s, oil on canvas

François Boucher Music and Dance and Cupids in Conspiracy, 1740s Cleveland Museum of Art

Music and Dance, François Boucher, 1740s, oil on canvas

François Boucher Music and Dance, 1740s Cleveland Museum of Art

The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth, Nicolas Poussin, c. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth, c. 1627 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Woman Gathering Faggots at Ville-d'Avray, Camille Corot, ca. 1871–74, oil on canvas

Camille Corot A Woman Gathering Faggots at Ville-d'Avray, ca. 1871–74 The Met

The Natchez, Eugène Delacroix, 1823–24 and 1835, oil on canvas

Eugène Delacroix The Natchez, 1823–24 and 1835 The Met

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1608–9, oil on oak

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove, ca. 1608–9 The Met

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1750, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, ca. 1750 The Met

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1627 The Met

Shown from the shins up, a woman with medium-toned skin plays a mandolin in this loosely painted vertical composition. The woman’s body faces us but her head tips to our left and she looks down in that direction with dark eyes.

Camille Corot Gypsy Woman with Mandolin, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

Small in scale within a towering room, a man wearing a white and gold robe sits or stands on a high, covered throne, surrounded by dozens of men in this nearly square painting.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel, 1814 National Gallery of Art

A young woman sitting with a nude infant lying in her lap is flanked on either side by an older woman to our left and an elderly man with a nude young boy to our right in this vertical painting. They all have pale skin tinged with blue.

El Greco The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist, c. 1595/1600 National Gallery of Art

In a deeply shadowed room, two women and several children are gathered at the center of this wide, oval painting, looking toward a young man and donkey who peer in over a half-door to our left.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Happy Family, c. 1775 National Gallery of Art

A man and woman, both with pale, peachy skin, sit on opposite sides of a burgundy-red, low-backed sofa in a room wallpapered with a striped, floral pattern in this vertical painting.

Edgar Degas Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli, c. 1865 National Gallery of Art

A man and woman standing with their backs to us face a room where others stand or pose in this vertical painting.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Quadrille at the Moulin Rouge, 1892 National Gallery of Art

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar, 1898 National Gallery of Art

A seated woman with an infant on her lap and three children are clustered on a terrace overlooking green hills and a body of water in this square painting. They all have pale skin with flushed cheeks.

Peter Paul Rubens Deborah Kip, Wife of Sir Balthasar Gerbier, and Her Children, 1629/1630, reworked probably mid 1640s National Gallery of Art

A densely packed crowd of men and women, all of them with pale skin and most of them wearing black, stand in a theater lobby beneath a mezzanine level that runs close to the top edge of the composition in this horizontal painting.

Édouard Manet Masked Ball at the Opera, 1873 National Gallery of Art

A long, brightly lit room is filled with at least nine young ballerinas in robin’s egg-blue dance costumes and pale pink shoes in this wide, horizontal painting. They all have light skin and brown or dark blond hair.

Edgar Degas The Dance Lesson, c. 1879 National Gallery of Art

A pale-skinned girl wearing an arctic-blue ballet costume stands looking at us and almost fills this vertical painting. The scene is painted with blended strokes, giving it a soft, almost blurry look.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir The Dancer, 1874 National Gallery of Art

The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Peter Paul Rubens, early or mid-1630s, oil on canvas

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, early or mid-1630s The Met

A woman wearing a voluminous black dress with a wide, ruffled collar sits holding the hand of a young boy, who stands next to her, in this vertical portrait painting.

Anthony van Dyck A Genoese Noblewoman and Her Son, c. 1626 National Gallery of Art

From a distance, we look slightly down into a lush park filled pairs and groups of elegantly dressed, light-skinned adults and children frolicking and socializing in this vertical painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Blindman's Buff, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

From a distance, we look down onto and across a lush park filled with elegantly dressed, light-skinned adults and children gathered in small groups as one woman swings from tall trees in this vertical painting.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Swing, c. 1775/1780 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a loosely painted scene with three ballerinas in rose-pink costumes and one man, wearing a black suit and top hat, against a backdrop made up of dabs and strokes of lime, mint, and pine green in this vertical…

Edgar Degas Dancers Backstage, 1876/1883 National Gallery of Art

The Van Moerkerken Family, Gerard ter Borch, ca. 1653–54, oil on wood

Gerard ter Borch The Van Moerkerken Family, ca. 1653–54 The Met

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1650, oil on wood

Aelbert Cuyp Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1650 The Met

This is a painting of a woman reaching to pick a water lily from a pond. She is crouching atop a fallen log, leaning over to submerge her right hand in the water.

Eastman Johnson Gathering Lilies, 1865 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a golden, grassy landscape with low green trees in the distance, leading towards vibrant blue water on the horizon.

William Merritt Chase Gathering Autumn Flowers, 1894/1895 National Gallery of Art

This horizontal painting shows a harbor scene filled with tall-masted ships and steamships adorned with colorful flags. The masts of the ship to our left dominate the composition, reaching almost to the top edge of the painting.

Eugène Boudin Festival in the Harbor of Honfleur, 1858 National Gallery of Art

In saturated, vivid tones of mint green, marigold orange, dandelion yellow, sky blue, and rose pink, a long building stretches away from us along a walkway.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Dance Hall Bellevue [obverse], 1909/1910 National Gallery of Art

Sketch for The Copley Family, John Singleton Copley, 1776, oil on canvas

John Singleton Copley Sketch for The Copley Family, 1776 National Gallery of Art

Gathering Storm on Long Island Sound, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Gathering Storm on Long Island Sound, 1872 The Met

In this painting, abstract shapes and bright colors give the impression of two tall people standing outdoors.

August Macke People by the Blue Lake, 1913 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a busy marketplace scene at eye level with a crowd of people and cattle. Hills are in the distance under a cloudy gray sky, and in front of them we can see a line of rooftops and a tall church spire.

Eugène Boudin Fair in Brittany, 1874 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Family Playing Music, Pieter de Hooch, 1663, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Portrait of a Family Playing Music, 1663 Cleveland Museum of Art

John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn, Henry Raeburn, c. 1790/1795, oil on canvas

Henry Raeburn John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn, c. 1790/1795 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the shins up, two elegantly dressed women and two young boys, all with light skin, sit together on a bench in front of a stone balustrade with a forest landscape beyond in this horizontal portrait painting.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons Alexis and Adrien, 1787 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows four individuals - three women and one child - in an indoor setting. One woman is seated on a chair on the left, wearing a purple and blue dress under a black coat, with white gloves and a gray hat.

William Glackens Family Group, 1910/1911 National Gallery of Art

The Hatch Family, Eastman Johnson, 1870–71, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson The Hatch Family, 1870–71 The Met

Painting of several light-skinned people gathered around a table in front of a gilded mirror, playing instruments. At left, seated next to a woman in an off-the-shoulder gown, a man in a plumed hat plays a lute.

Jan Steen The Family Concert, 1666 Art Institute of Chicago

Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family, Eastman Johnson, 1864, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family, 1864 The Met

Corn Husking at Nantucket, Eastman Johnson, ca. 1875, oil on canvas

Eastman Johnson Corn Husking at Nantucket, ca. 1875 The Met

The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, William Hogarth, 1729, oil on canvas

William Hogarth The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox, 1729 The Met

The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen, Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1495–1500, distemper on canvas

Andrea Mantegna The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen, ca. 1495–1500 The Met

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